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Nats 'mean' to deny NZ workers holidays - Shearer
"Monday-ising" Waitangi and Anzac days would "cheapen" them...
Flag may be gone for good, RSA says
Anzac Day theft angers war veterans, who see it as an insult to servicemen and their families.
Kiwis remember colleagues on Anzac Day
New Zealand troops reflected on the deaths of two comrades killed in Afghanistan in the past year as they celebrated Anzac Day today.
PM joins French locals on Anzac Day
John Key's decision to join the citizens of French town Le Quesnoy in their annual commemorations has started a new chapter in what Mr Key has called "a precious link with the town".
Many attend rainy Anzac Day services
Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turned out at dawn services across the country.
Book Review: <i>War Wounds: Medicine and the Trauma of Conflict</i>
On May 27, 1942, two Czech parachutists ambushed and wounded SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich near Prague. Heydrich was not seriously wounded but a ricochet bullet had carried cloth, wire and wool into the wound.
Book Review: <i>Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War I</i>
Not a picture book, not a graphic novel, not anything easily pigeon-holed, Chris Slane and Matt Elliott's study-cum-evocation of life in World War I is a great resource and a great read.
Fighting for our freedom
Anyone looking at New Zealand's military participation in the 20th century would see us as a bellicose little nation. For decades, we eagerly went where Britain (and later the US) went.
Anzac Day: World War II
With flames spreading rapidly though his bomber aircraft, 22-year-old Sergeant Jimmy Ward tied a rope around his waist and crawled out on to the wing to douse the flames.
Anzac Day: World War I
It makes Alfrieda Thompson smile wryly that her war-hero father named her after a girlfriend he had during World War I.
Editorial: We must keep honouring all who serve
It has been easy to honour service in World War II. No other war, including World War I, has had such just cause.
Anzac Day: Making memories
Anzac Day is a time for children to learn about the sacrifices of past generations. Diana Clement looks at what's on offer for families around Auckland this year.
Good taste: A toast to the Anzacs
It's Easter, which means it's time for wine columnists to write another article about wines that go with chocolate. Yawn.
Memories more sweet than bitter
The firefight between a nine-strong patrol and up to 80 Viet Cong was one of the New Zealand Army's bravest battles, facing almost insurmountable odds. Nearly 43 years later, the men of Victor 3 One platoon met again for the first time.
Life and death in Flanders fields
The history of New Zealand at war is largely one of ordinary people called upon in extraordinary times - men and women who left their day jobs when their country called them. In Kiwi Battlefields, Ron Palenski tells how one such man